Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Williamson, West Virginia
Honored By
Sue Sexton
Relationship
Daughter
ENTERED SERVICE LATE IN 1941. ASSIGNED TO THE USS ESSEX, WHEN LAUNCHED ON JULY 31, 1942. SERVED ON THE ESSEX UNTIL SHE RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN SEPTEMBER 1945. PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 25 MAJOR OPERATIONS.